Behavior Quotes

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A cardinal American virtue, 'ambition,' promotes a cardinal American vice, 'deviant behavior. — Robert K. Merton
Repentance, not proper behavior or even holiness, is the doorway to grace. And the opposite of sin is grace, not virtue. — Philip Yancey
Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to hell… — Charlie Munger
More than ambition, more than ability, it is rules that limit contribution; rules are the lowest common denominator of human behavior. They are a substitute… — Hyman Rickover
If someone is starving, excessively exercising or using purging behaviors, then we know they are in a high-risk place for turning on the psychiatric illnesses, — Craig Johnson
I am profoundly skeptical about our abilities to predict the future in general, and human behavior in particular. — Errol Morris
Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is a behavior-related and preference-related and one is something inherently - skin color, something obvious, that… — James Lankford
I thin many people's deviant behavior starts with dreams because dreams are so non-linear... as if there's an assumption that everything has to be linear… — Robyn Hitchcock
Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action. — W. Edwards Deming
Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself — Anita Hill
Leadership is much less about what you do, and much more about who you are. If you view leadership as a bag of manipulative tricks… — Frances Hesselbein
Stone tools are fossilized human behavior. — Louis Leakey
We are all far less rational in our decision-making than standard economic theory assumes. Our irrational behaviors are neither random nor senseless: they are systematic… — Dan Ariely
Each business is a victim of Digital Darwinism, the evolution of consumer behavior when society and technology evolve faster than the ability to exploit it.… — Brian Solis
Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior. — Frans de Waal
The so-called scientific basis of the climate problem is within my professional competence as a meteorologist. It is my professional opinion that there is no… — Hendrik Tennekes
On the question of whether a behavioral science can in principle be constructed, we shall take no sides. That some kinds of human behavior can… — Anatol Rapoport
Your job gives you authority. Your behavior gives you respect — Irwin Federman
I think the Russian government is right to be concerned with propaganda on teenagers who are at the age of struggling through sexual identity issue… — Bryan Fischer
The fans are bad everywhere you go, with language, and with behavior. You can't put enough cops in the stands, but you ought to give… — John Chaney

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